Back in My City

I'M HERE! I'M BACK!! Philadelphia, I love you. Even though you're a little crazy and a little creepy sometimes, I'm always going to love you. And now I live in Center City and I am PUMPED.

HAPPY NEW APARTMENT YEAR!

Move-in day was crazy and stressful. But it was great nonetheless. As our stuff piled in, I just got more and more excited. It's still a little bare, but that can definitely be changed with the two of us living here, that's for sure.

I may be working on coloring a princess poster. No big.

So I don't have a lot of good pictures because I was too excited and couldn't wait for natural light and all of that. So if you want to see it for the glorious place it is, you're going to have to get your butt down here yourself.

Oh hey, artificial light. Meet my bed.

Other side of the bedroom. Looking good.

Living area. With the big windows I love.

I can dig the kitchen. And windows to the bedroom!

WE LOVE OUR COLUMN.

The best piece of artwork there. :)

I don't know if you can tell that I love it. I forgot the bathroom. But it's HUGE. And I promise I have one. I'm civilized here. In all honesty, it's very similar to a place near campus. But I just wanted to get out of North Philly and down to the center. Yes, it'll be a longer walk. But I am so enjoying it. The quick walk over to Lucky Strike this evening for Jake's birthday was a big, big plus.

Note that I tied Paul in bowling. Just saying.

Now I'm just watching/listening to LSU lose. And maybe one of my bowl picks will actually be correct. But my picks have a habit of losing. So, Alabama, sorry if this really messes you up.

Have a lovely evening, everybody. :)

Christmas in January

So my lovely, lovely friend Kaitlyn put up pictures from our Christmas party. WHICH MEANS. I can steal them (and give credit where credit is due....CREDIT) and introduce everybody to the princesses in my life. :)

I don't really hang out with a lot of people from my high school. That's just the way it goes. But there are some! And these three are some of the most spectacular people in the world. And I mean that with my whole heart.

Abby sums it all up right here.

The whole princess thing came about during holy crap, four years ago junior year of high school when our music department went to Disney. Being the talented people we are, we got to go along. To make it super exciting we all picked our princesses! Our princes too, of course. :) It's wonderful because we are all equally obsessed with shouting BUONGIORNO PRINCIPESSA Disney.

They know me so well. :)

Which is a very important thing in my book.

So here are my favorite opening presents shots introducing the cast of characters in my life. I love Christmas so much!

Abby. My Princess Belle.

Kaitlyn, my Sleeping Beauty.

And Lauren! My Cindy forever.

I lied. There's a group shot too!

So those are my friends. Aren't they pretty? They're equally as wonderful. And as I write this post, I have a pile of STUFF to be moved in to my apartment tomorrow. So my huge, huge, huge goal is to keep in touch with these three (especially as Abby travels across the ocean) because they are three of the most important people in my life.

I'M SUCH A SAP!!!

They should definitely come visit, too.

THANK YOU, HAVE A MAGICAL DAY!

Tilt, Tuck, Tighten

I was reminded of that quite a few times today when I was trying out Hip Hop Abs with Shaun T. Thanks to my fellow Princess Abby I got to try it out.

Thanks, Amazon.

Last night I was absolutely pumped to try it, but I figured I'd try to sleep first. So first thing this morning I decided to try the Fat Burning Cardio section and, at the suggestion of Abby, watched the Secrets to Flat Abs first. That's where I was introduced to the Tilt, Tuck, Tighten concept. As a dancer, I was generally familiar with keeping your abs engaged during any sort of hip hop move, but it was nice to get a reminder.

Also, constant reminders while I was working out. :)

I liked it as far as my first impressions go. I didn't get as sweaty as he did, but perhaps that's through no fault of my own. It was fun and for somebody who hasn't danced in a century, it was great to get back into the instruction. Because I know when I get back to school, my butt will be kicked. I'll be trying the rest before I go back to school because I'm trying to make a decision about what exactly my Beachbody purchase will consist of.

Paul and I are both pretty set on this sucker. (Photo: Amazon)

As soon as we move in (that's another blog post), we'll be making a purchase. And I'm pumped.

Other things I need to do today: go to the Verizon store, hit up Wal-Mart, run, and do a lot (times seventy) of packing.

Oh. How I love to pack.

Or not. 

But I'll have this on my soundtrack all day. What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction. My sister shouts British Invasion. It's a happy song and you should give it a listen.